church vitality
General Church
Publishing House moves pension plan, sells campus
The United Methodist Publishing House, hard hit by the pandemic, has finalized some planned changes, including the sale of its Nashville property and transfer of a pension plan to Wespath.
Local Church
A call to examine United Methodist real estate
As more houses of worship close or seek to redevelop their property, individual congregations must collect and assess data to determine their future.
Local Church
Rural churches emerging from coronavirus
Small, rural churches struggled through the coronavirus pandemic, but many of them are now enjoying the return to in-person services and looking to the future.
Local Church
Church must tackle its real estate crisis
The United Methodist Church has significant property holdings, but lack of a strategy for handling them poses a financial threat to the denomination.